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World Gazetteer Results for Isoka:
NameIsoka
Geographical TypeLocality
Population13122
Latitude
Longitude
CountryZambia
Administrative DivisionNorthern
Dictionary Results for Zambia:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Zambia
    n 1: a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great
         Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained
         independence within the commonwealth in 1964 [syn:
         Zambia, Republic of Zambia, Northern Rhodesia]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Zambia

   Introduction Zambia
   -------------------
                            Background: The territory of Northern Rhodesia
                                        was administered by the South Africa
                                        Company from 1891 until it was taken
                                        over by the UK in 1923. During the
                                        1920s and 1930s, advances in mining
                                        spurred development and immigration.
                                        The name was changed to Zambia upon
                                        independence in 1964. In the 1980s
                                        and 1990s, declining copper prices
                                        and a prolonged drought hurt the
                                        economy. Elections in 1991 brought
                                        an end to one-party rule, but the
                                        subsequent vote in 1996 saw blatant
                                        harassment of opposition parties.
                                        The election in 2001 was marked by
                                        administrative problems with at
                                        least two parties filing legal
                                        petitions challenging the results.
                                        Opposition parties currently hold a
                                        majority of seats in the National
                                        Assembly.
  
   Geography Zambia
   ----------------
                              Location: Southern Africa, east of Angola
                Geographic coordinates: 15 00 S, 30 00 E
                        Map references: Africa
                                  Area: total: 752,614 sq km
                                        water: 11,890 sq km
                                        land: 740,724 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly larger than Texas
                       Land boundaries: total: 5,664 km
                                        border countries: Angola 1,110 km,
                                        Democratic Republic of the Congo
                                        1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique
                                        419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338
                                        km, Zimbabwe 797 km
                             Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
                       Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
                               Climate: tropical; modified by altitude;
                                        rainy season (October to April)
                               Terrain: mostly high plateau with some hills
                                        and mountains
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m
                                        highest point: unnamed location in
                                        Mafinga Hills 2,301 m
                     Natural resources: copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal,
                                        emeralds, gold, silver, uranium,
                                        hydropower
                              Land use: arable land: 7.08%
                                        permanent crops: 0.03%
                                        other: 92.9% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 460 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: tropical storms (November to April)
          Environment - current issues: air pollution and resulting acid
                                        rain in the mineral extraction and
                                        refining region; chemical runoff
                                        into watersheds; poaching seriously
                                        threatens rhinoceros, elephant,
                                        antelope, and large cat populations;
                                        deforestation; soil erosion;
                                        desertification; lack of adequate
                                        water treatment presents human
                                        health risks
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of
                                        the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone
                                        Layer Protection, Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: Climate
                                        Change-Kyoto Protocol
                      Geography - note: landlocked; the Zambezi forms a
                                        natural riverine boundary with
                                        Zimbabwe
  
   People Zambia
   -------------
                            Population: 9,959,037
                                        note: estimates for this country
                                        explicitly take into account the
                                        effects of excess mortality due to
                                        AIDS; this can result in lower life
                                        expectancy, higher infant mortality
                                        and death rates, lower population
                                        and growth rates, and changes in the
                                        distribution of population by age
                                        and sex than would otherwise be
                                        expected (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 47.1% (male 2,357,581;
                                        female 2,335,644)
                                        15-64 years: 50.4% (male 2,497,360;
                                        female 2,519,227)
                                        65 years and over: 2.5% (male
                                        106,160; female 143,065) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.9% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 41.01 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 21.89 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -0.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.99 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 89.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 37.35 years
                                        female: 37.66 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 37.05 years
                  Total fertility rate: 5.43 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 19.95% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 870,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 99,000 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Zambian(s)
                                        adjective: Zambian
                         Ethnic groups: African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other
                                        0.2%
                             Religions: Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu
                                        24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
                             Languages: English (official), major
                                        vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi,
                                        Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and
                                        about 70 other indigenous languages
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write English
                                        total population: 78.9%
                                        male: 85.7%
                                        female: 72.6%
  
   Government Zambia
   -----------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Zambia
                                        conventional short form: Zambia
                                        former: Northern Rhodesia
                       Government type: republic
                               Capital: Lusaka
              Administrative divisions: 9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt,
                                        Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern,
                                        North-Western, Southern, Western
                          Independence: 24 October 1964 (from UK)
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 24 October (1964)
                          Constitution: 2 August 1991
                          Legal system: based on English common law and
                                        customary law; judicial review of
                                        legislative acts in an ad hoc
                                        constitutional council; has not
                                        accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Levy
                                        MWANAWASA (since 2 January 2002);
                                        Vice President Enoch KAVINDELE
                                        (since 4 May 2001); note - the
                                        president is both the chief of state
                                        and head of government
                                        head of government: President Levy
                                        MWANAWASA (since 2 January 2002);
                                        Vice President Enoch KAVINDELE
                                        (since 4 May 2001); note - the
                                        president is both the chief of state
                                        and head of government
                                        cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the
                                        president from among the members of
                                        the National Assembly
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        popular vote for a five-year term;
                                        election last held 27 December 2001
                                        (next to be held NA 2006); vice
                                        president appointed by the president
  
                                        election results: Levy MWANAWASA
                                        elected president; percent of vote -
                                        Levy MWANAWASA 29%, Anderson MAZOKA
                                        27%, Christon TEMBO 13%, Tilyenji
                                        KAUNDA 10%, Godfrey MIYANDA 8%,
                                        Benjamin MWILA 5%, Michael SATA 3%
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (150
                                        seats; members are elected by
                                        popular vote to serve five-year
                                        terms)
                                        elections: last held 27 December
                                        2001 (next to be held NA 2006)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - MMD 45.9%, UPND 32.4%, UNIP
                                        8.8%, FDD 8.1%, HP 2.7%, PF 0.7%,
                                        ZRP 0.7%, independents 0.7%; seats
                                        by party - MMD 68, UPND 48, UNIP 13,
                                        FDD 12, HP 4, PF 1, ZRP 1,
                                        independents 1; seats not determined
                                        2
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court (the final court of
                                        appeal; justices are appointed by
                                        the president); High Court (has
                                        unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil
                                        and criminal cases)
         Political parties and leaders: Agenda for Zambia or AZ [Inonge
                                        MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA]; Forum for
                                        Democracy and Development or FDD
                                        [Christon TEMBO]; Heritage Party or
                                        HP [Godfrey MIYANDA]; Liberal
                                        Progressive Front or LPF [Roger
                                        CHONGWE, president]; Movement for
                                        Multiparty Democracy or MMD
                                        [Frederick CHILUBA, president];
                                        National Citizens Coalition or NCC
                                        [Nevers MUMBA, president]; National
                                        Leadership for Development or NLD
                                        [Yobert SHAMAPANDE]; National Party
                                        or NP [Dr. Sam CHIPUNGU]; Patriotic
                                        Front or PF [Michael SATA]; Zambian
                                        Republican Party or ZRP [Benjamin
                                        MWILA]; Social Democratic Party or
                                        SDP [Gwendoline Konie]; United
                                        National Independence Party or UNIP
                                        [Francis NKHOMA, president]; United
                                        Party for National Development or
                                        UPND [Anderson MAZOKA]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-19,
                         participation: G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM,
                                        IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
                                        Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, MONUC, NAM,
                                        OAU, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNAMSIL,
                                        UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIK,
                                        UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Atan
                                        SHANSONGA
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 332-0826
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 265-9717
                                        through 9719
                                        chancery: 2419 Massachusetts Avenue
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20008
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador David
                                    US: B. DUNN
                                        embassy: corner of Independence and
                                        United Nations Avenues
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 31617,
                                        Lusaka
                                        telephone: [260] (1) 250-955
                                        FAX: [260] (1) 252-225
                      Flag description: green with a panel of three vertical
                                        bands of red (hoist side), black,
                                        and orange below a soaring orange
                                        eagle, on the outer edge of the flag
  
   Economy Zambia
   --------------
                    Economy - overview: Despite progress in privatization
                                        and budgetary reform, Zambia's
                                        economy has a long way to go.
                                        Privatization of government-owned
                                        copper mines relieved the government
                                        from covering mammoth losses
                                        generated by the industry and
                                        greatly improved the chances for
                                        copper mining to return to
                                        profitability and spur economic
                                        growth. However, low mineral prices
                                        have slowed the benefits from
                                        privatizing the mines and reduced
                                        incentives for further private
                                        investment in the sector. In late
                                        2000, Zambia was determined to be
                                        eligible for debt relief under the
                                        Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
                                        (HIPC) initiative, but Zambia has
                                        not yet finalized its Poverty
                                        Reduction Strategy paper.
                                        Unemployment rates remain high, but
                                        GDP growth should continue at about
                                        4%. Inflation should remain close to
                                        20%.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $8.5
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 3.9% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $870 (2001
                                        est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 24%
                                        industry: 25%
                                        services: 51% (2000)
         Population below poverty line: 86% (1993 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 1.1%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 41% (1998)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 52.6 (1998)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 21.5% (2001)
                           Labor force: 3.4 million
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 85%, industry 6%,
                                        services 9%
                     Unemployment rate: 50% (2000 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $1.2 billion
                                        expenditures: $1.25 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2001 est.)
                            Industries: copper mining and processing,
                                        construction, foodstuffs, beverages,
                                        chemicals, textiles, fertilizer,
                                        horticulture
     Industrial production growth rate: 5.1% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 7.822 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 0.51%
                                        hydro: 99.49%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 5.838 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 1.536 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 100 million kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts,
                                        sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers,
                                        tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava
                                        (tapioca); cattle, goats, pigs,
                                        poultry, milk, eggs, hides; coffee
                               Exports: $876 million (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: copper 55%, cobalt, electricity,
                                        tobacco, flowers, cotton
                    Exports - partners: UK 25.2%, South Africa 24.5%,
                                        Switzerland 9.4%, Malawi 7.5% (2000)
                               Imports: $12.05 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery, transportation equipment,
                                        petroleum products, electricity,
                                        fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing
                    Imports - partners: South Africa 67.1%, UK 9.8%,
                                        Zimbabwe 7.5%, US 5.9% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $5.8 billion (2001)
              Economic aid - recipient: $651 million (2000 est.)
                              Currency: Zambian kwacha (ZMK)
                         Currency code: ZMK
                        Exchange rates: Zambian kwacha per US dollar -
                                        3,848.65 (January 2002), 3,610.94
                                        (2001), 3,110.84 (2000), 2,388.02
                                        (1999), 1,862.07 (1998), 1,314.50
                                        (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Zambia
   ---------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 130,000 (including more than 40,000
                                        fixed telephones in wireless local
                                        loop connections) (1997)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 75,000 (2001)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: facilities are
                                        aging but still among the best in
                                        Sub-Saharan Africa
                                        domestic: high-capacity microwave
                                        radio relay connects most larger
                                        towns and cities; several cellular
                                        telephone services in operation;
                                        Internet service is widely
                                        available; very small aperture
                                        terminal (VSAT) networks are
                                        operated by private firms
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian
                                        Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (2001)
                                Radios: 1.2 million (2001)
         Television broadcast stations: 9 (2002)
                           Televisions: 277,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .zm
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 5 (2001)
                        Internet users: 15,000 (2000)
  
   Transportation Zambia
   ---------------------
                              Railways: total: 2,157 km
                                        narrow gauge: 2,157 km 1.067-m gauge
                                        (13 km double-track)
                                        note: the total includes 891 km of
                                        the Tanzania-Zambia Railway
                                        Authority (TAZARA), which operates
                                        1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge
                                        track between Dar es Salaam and
                                        Kapiri Mposhi where it connects to
                                        the Zambia Railways system; TAZARA
                                        is not a part of the Zambia Railways
                                        system; Zambia Railways assets are
                                        scheduled for concessioning (2002)
                              Highways: total: 66,781 km
                                        paved: NA km
                                        unpaved: NA km (1997 est.)
                             Waterways: 2,250 km
                                        note: includes Lake Tanganyika and
                                        the Zambezi and Luapula rivers
                             Pipelines: crude oil 1,724 km
                     Ports and harbors: Mpulungu
                              Airports: 111 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 11
                                        over 3,047 m: 1
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 2
                                        under 914 m: 1 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 100
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 66
                                        under 914 m: 30 (2001)
  
   Military Zambia
   ---------------
                       Military branches: Army, Air Force, Police,
                                          paramilitary forces
        Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,313,567 (2002
                                          est.)
     Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 1,228,385 (2002
                                 service: est.)
           Military expenditures - dollar $32.5 million (FY01)
                                  figure:
       Military expenditures - percent of 0.9% (FY01)
                                     GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Zambia
   ---------------------------
              Disputes - international: none
                         Illicit drugs: transshipment point for moderate
                                        amounts of methaqualone, small
                                        amounts of heroin, and cocaine bound
                                        for Southern Africa and possibly
                                        Europe; regional money-laundering
                                        center
  
                                       



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